With Week 1 under the belt, the Commish is going to start his annual league power rankings. I first want to say that rankings are not solely maintained on a team's record or the score of their games. Things considered are what teams a team has played so far, team improvement over the year, if players were missing during losses, and overall team talent perception. With this said here's what it looks like for now:
1. No ID No Idea (1-0)- I have to put them at No.1 for Week 1 because they took down the big bad wolf of the league in the Super Villain Squad. With the Hannon Brother Duo they can match up with anyone down low, and sharpshooter Mailk Little and fast break starter Joey Wilkes do a great job with their fast paced offense.
2. Thumbs Up (1-0)- Thumbs up thrashed the Dirty Burg, but that's not the reason they're in this spot. So far this team looks like the best shooting team in the league. Every player on this roster is a three point threat, and their transition game is the best in the league along with No ID No Idea. On defense they can match up with anyone. I'm not mentioning any players in this review for them because this team gets contributions by their entire roster. This weeks winner of their game with No ID No Idea will probably be No.1 next week.
3. Super Villain Squad (0-1)- Even with a loss in Week 1, the Squad is still looked as a championship level team. I can't picture Chad Earls allowing his team to lose many more games this year. With the presence of Jared Lang and Chad on defense, I just wonder why does a team that can match up with anyone just sit in a zone so much.
4. Cougar Bait (1-0)- The defending champs dominated Kung Fu Panda, but if they didn't they would have been much lower. That win is almost equivalent to the Perkins School of the Blind. Cougar Bait is a good team, but after Martin I just don't see many players that will be able to do something when they play a team that plays tough man to man defense right in their face.
5. Dump Em Out(1-0)- This team is my biggest question mark in the rankings. They won by forfeit in Week 1 and have major losses coming into the season. I'm very curious to see who they reload with. Truthfully, I don't see this team ever surpassing a ranking higher than No. 5.
6. The Dirty Burg (0-1)- This team looks like it will be on the verge of playoff contender all season long. they have scoring capability behind Chris brooks, but the wild card will be how many games will hustle machine Tom Mcdermott be able to make.
7. Kung Fu Panda (0-1)- Well this team doesn't lack any heart, that's for sure. But it's lacking talent by far. Hopefully Chris Pinheiro will be able to make some games because after Greg Ware, there is not another player that I can see to step up and control a game.
8. Tune Squad (0-1)- This ranking will skyrocket soon, but when you don't show up for Week 1 and didn't play last year I just have nothing to go by. I picture the Tune Squad to jump to around No.4 next week, but first they have to show up to a game.
HA! Defending Champs, win week 1, and ranked 4th... Come on now! The first team two teams didn't play in the championship last year and the third team lost in the ship' and now is 0-1... Where is the love for cougar bait- by default we're number 1- sorry guys!!
ReplyDeleteThose would be good points if this was a end of the year Power Ranking of Season 1, but truth is both the teams that were not in the ship last year have had either drastic roster changes and/or more consistency in their players showing up. With the Super Villain Squad they lost to what I have as the No. 1 team so that doesn't hurt their stock as much. I compare it to Alabama losing to Auburn while Cougar Bait was BYU destroying New Mexico State.
ReplyDeleteJust like Boise State when they beat Oklahoma in football, or how about Butler going to the championship back to back years... After we win it this year, will we finally get the number one power ranking??
ReplyDeleteSince we play less than 10 games football is more comparable. If Boise St. had a record at 4-3 or 3-4 (where I project Cougar Bait) would they be ranked high. Also they start their seasons with a top team every year (Oregon and Virginia Tech), if Cougar Bait had beaten Super Villain Squad in Week 1 they probably would be No. 1 in the rankings. Also Butler was not even ranked after winning a title and won't be again this year, which only strengthens my point. If Cougar Bait beats an upper tier team or shows they can play with them their ranking will jump. Quite Frankly, I just don't see that happening.
ReplyDeleteQuite Frankly, We beat both your team and the villains last year in the playoffs and lost to the number 1 "power ranked" team in OT of the regular season. If that isn't enough reason to be ranked number 1 and starting the year off 1-0, I'm not sure what is...
ReplyDeleteRegardless of who, what, where, when, how, WE WON- YOU GUYS LOST... We're the defending champs, getting absolutely no love from the commissioner...
What you still fail to understand is that these teams are not the same as last year and last year's performance has nothing to do with these rankings. If you would like to crate your own rankings that's great but until that happens or Cougar Bait shows they have potential to be an elite team THIS YEAR they'll sit at No. 4. On that note only time will tell and if you truthfully think Cougar Bait will bet all three of the teams ahead of them or even just two God bless your soul.
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